Heating appliance for compresses.



No. 825,138. PATENTED. JULY 3, 1906. K. R; LEUPOLD.

HEATING APPLIANCE FOR GOMPRESSES. APPLICATION FILED NOV .19,1904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HEATING APPLIANCE FOR COMP RESSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1906.

Application filed November 19, 1904:. Serial No. 233,537.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KARL RUDoLF LEU- POLD, a subject of the German Emperor, residing at Zwickau, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heating Appliances for Compresses for Surgical Purposes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

Inflammatory diseases developing in consequence of a cold are treated by applying wet and hot towels or heated hollow bodies to the inflamed part.

In treating inflammations of the throat, &c., wet hot towels alone could be used conveniently and successfully, while the applica tion of non-adjustable hollow metal bodies tended to render the breathing of the patient dlficlllt. :3

It is the object of the present invention to create hollow metal bodies for compresses which can easily be adjusted to any throat and which will apply heat upon the inflamed part directly.

In the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, the only figure represents a device made in two parts hinged together, each having an adjustable hollow body.

Two hollow bodies a, preferably made of metal, are slidingly arranged on curved steel bands and can be filled with hot Water, 860. Their inner sides are lined with wet towels or pieces of felt, and the whole is then wrapped up in a piece of woolen cloth, applied to the throat, and fastened thereto by means of straps 1". The water contained in the wet towel will be evaporated by the influence of the heat radiating from the hot metal bodies and will act upon the inflamed throat directly.

A perfect fitting of a compress on any throat can only be obtained by making the heating device in two parts arranged on flexible strips, whereby in applying it to the inflamed throat it becomes necessary to heat only the one metal body coming to lie directly over the sore part of the throat.

The two metal bodies a are slidably mounted upon a band 0, made of resilient metal in two parts hinged together, upon which they can be adjusted in any desired position and secured in place by means of set-screws, as

- shown.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- A compress for surgical purposes, composed of a plurality of separate hollow metal sections, each being provided with separate means for filling with hot Water, said sections being slidably arranged upon curved flexible metal strips, connected by hinges and being adjustable on said strips in order to form a pliable compress to be easily adapted to the curvature of the throat of a patient, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

KARL RUDOLF LEUPOLD. In presence of- M. L. OREEVEY, G. MENZEL. 

